On the estimation of returns-to-scale in FDH models

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1055-1059

  Soleimani damaneh, M ^a   Jahanshahloo, G R ^a   Reshadi, M ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEA; FDH; Returns to scale

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL ADVANTAGES; FREE DISPOSAL HULL (FDH) MODELS; NON PARAMETRIC DETERMINISTIC TECHNOLOGIES; RETURNS-TO-SCALE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33746267009     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.051     Document Type: Article

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